Hi all, I am playing a lot of videos which are run on the windows media player. Most of these have different formats but all run well on windows media.

Problem is that during some of these videos, the screen start to flicker and no matterwhat i do, it will keep on flickering till there is a blue screen and the computer shuts down.I have read on some postings that it is due to the Video card. This has happened so many times and i am really frustarted.

Blue Screen

From my reading on this and other on-line forums this is a common problem with Lenovos, especially W500, W510.

I have been onto Lenovo Support (it is called "Support" because wearesupportingthem fix their faulty products ) and they say if you have the latest drivers then it is likely a hardware problem. Forums say the same thing: apparently there is an huge issue with quality of the system boards.

You should log the problem with Lenovo Support and return the laptop for repair.

Sorry, I understand that this is a "head in hands" moment, but they have your money and you have their faulty product so what else can you do.